Just the other day I found myself in the waiting room of an automotive dealership. While my car was being serviced, I flipped through a product brochure. One ad for an oil change boasted that it would…

When faced with an economic policy agenda, the public must be persuaded on two fronts: that it is justified both by evidence and morally.
AAP/Paul MillerAugust 20, 2014

It is now more than three months since the Abbott government released its first budget. Amid the subsequent wrangling over controversial measures such as the A$7 GP co-payment and re-indexing the fuel…

A new benchmark to measure the economic response to climate change.
Mario Sánchez PradaJune 13, 2014

The UK government’s senior adviser on science has made an entirely sensible call for researchers and policy makers to move the climate change debate towards workable strategies and solutions. The trouble…

An IEA legacy on the stairs at 10 Downing Street?
The Prime Minister's OfficeMay 29, 2014

The Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA) is enjoying another moment in the sun. Australian politics is starting to move to the beat of its drum as Treasurer Joe Hockey talks about an “end to the age of…